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ctowen
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since 2001-10-18
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Green Mountains of VT

0 posted 2008-02-09 12:56 PM


"You're a walking contradiction,
a heart without a home.
You think that love is painful cause'
that's all you've ever known.
You keep tryin' to find the right thing,
but what you're lookin' for's all wrong.
I hope one day you'll realize
it's been there all along...


I'm a walking contradiction,
I'm a giver, I'm a thief.
I ask you how your doin',
then I try and steal your grief.
I'll work my way into your brain
and burrow deep within.
And I won't like what I'm doin'
while I tear you limb from limb." ....


If the heart is homeless,
does it not still bleed?
dream of a time to be
beaten, held yet freed?
If painful love is known,
wouldn't that be a start?
a place to learn, to live,
to draw then part?


Sometimes not trying, not living, is the wrong
Sometimes all it takes is one to belong ....


To be a giver doesn't one
need to take?
and if it's grief, doesn't one
sharing make?
Memories can work,
especially those deep
but if not worth doing
than one can't keep


Sometimes not trying, not giving, is wrong
Sometimes all it takes is one to belong.

~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~

In rhythms to a rise the days shall follow ... each Yesterday, each Tomorrow.   -  Ct/05

              

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Joyce Johnson
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1 posted 2008-02-09 02:59 PM


I can't answer your connundrums but I appreciate the presentation.  Joyce
Margherita
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2 posted 2008-02-09 03:12 PM


No doubt, dear ctowen, it is always worth giving and it is extremely important also to be able to receive, to take.

We do long to belong, that's also true ... of the kind "I am yours, you are mine", but we are on risky ground then. The best way to belong probably is "belong together", when we are not confining into "possession".

Beautiful poem!

love
Margherita

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24
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3 posted 2008-02-12 06:09 PM


I like what you had to say and how you said it.  Interesting play on words.  To the top!

miscellanea

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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Sydney, Australia
4 posted 2008-02-12 08:26 PM


yes, I like your poem too Ctowen... very nice to read... love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

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